Let’s move to a passage of dialogue from the dying King David to young Solomon as David appointed him king: “‘You shall be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord ...

Politicians are satisfied with 51 percent of the constituency behind them. Pastors, however, feel the pain when even one critic in a hundred raises his voice. Conflict in the church is unavoidable. It ...

“Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.” (Note how unusual it would have been for a king to involve himself in a dispute between prostitutes, the lowest of subjects. That showed ...